Linda Presgrave returning to Cookie's on November 10

Also from today's mailbag, pianist/composer and former St. Louisan Linda Presgrave droppped a note to say she'll be returning to St. Louis to perform at Cookie's Jazz and More on Saturday, Novmber 10. Presgrave, who left St. Louis in 1998 to move to NYC, will be previewing material that she'll perform on an upcoming Italian tour in conjunction with the "Donne in Jazz" ("Women in jazz") concert series in the cities of Frascati and Rome.

For her St. Louis gig, Presgrave will be joined by her husband Stan Chovnick on soprano sax, Dave Troncoso on bass and drummer Jim Guglielmo, drawing on her own compositions as well as the music of Joanne Brackeen, Bertha Hope, Billie Holiday, Melba Liston and Allison Miller.